We Should Go To The Main Control Room... Ahhhh!

Get Natalya to the main control room. It never really sounded that hard but, man, did 1997's GoldenEye 007 on the N64 make you work your arse off to make it happen.

Probably didn't help that Natalya was, well, she wasn't particularly bright and like many AI-controlled friendlies of the era, would happily walk across your line of fire and die. English bullets haven't got anything on good-old Russian munitions, eh?

This live-action video does an excellent job of portraying this fool's errand in all it's stupefying glory. Anyone who's played GoldenEye should be able to empathise with the clip's tortured protagonist, if tears aren't already forthcoming from the memory alone.

Triple AAA games nailing the brief. Indie games surprising people out of nowhere, and expansions and patches that completely turn a game around. It's been a good year for games - now it's time for you to vote for your favourite.